Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:21:37 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DES & MD5? Message-ID: <3767C100.FC79A42D@ispro.net.tr> References: <6934.929467418@critter.freebsd.dk> <75695.929469477@verdi.nethelp.no>
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if you do ot link libcrypt to libdescrypt you would get MD5 passwords for the new users, Evren sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > I belive it works that way, but not the other way around, unless you > > have the DES kit installed. > > > > In message <Pine.BSF.4.01.9906151306060.8046-100000@phoenix.aye.net>, Barrett R > > ichardson writes: > > > > > > > > >Some of my colleagues here claimed they dropped an MD5 master.passwd > > >file onto a machine on which a DES master.passwd had previously been > > >and they said it worked. I didn't believe them at the time. > > I have a machine with mixed MD5/DES passwords, and it works just fine. > (Yes, libcrypt is a symlink to libdescrypt.) > > Unfortunately new users get DES passwords. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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